A 'Guy' Card

Hello everyone and a very warm welcome to my blog.  Hope you are having a lovely day.  We have gorgeous sunshine in Adelaide today.  It is finally looking like Spring!!  Don't know how long it will last but, for now, it is just glorious!!   Taking my puppies for a long walk this afternoon.  We are really looking forward to it.

I have another 'guy' card to share with you.  This one was made for my youngest son's birthday.  When I say 'youngest son', he just turned 42 years old, and that scares the heck out of me.  Where did all those years go??   Darned if I know.

The papers are a bit of a mix.  Some from Prima, some from Kaisercraft and the tags are from K.J. Watson Designs.   

The papers were all torn to size using a ruler and then I distressed the edges with 'Gathered Twigs' Distress Ink.  Added some Clear Rock Candy Crackle for texture and some gesso over that for highlights.   Found the broken clock in my stash (have no idea where I got it from) and rusted it up a bit with some Patina acrylic paint.

Also found this hessian ribbon in my stash (again, have no idea where it came from) and tied on the cute little key (you guessed it, don't know where I got it) with a bit of twine.

I'm in the process of tidying up my stash a bit as I'm getting a new craft space.  Actually I am getting a Craft Room!!!  Can't wait.  Consequently I am finding all these lovely things that I had forgotten I had.  It's like Christmas!!

The tags were mounted on some black cardstock and used my Crop-a-Dile to add the eyelets and then tied some twine to them as well.  They were simply glued down between the layers so they don't actually pull out.

The inside of the card.  I added a verse and hand written message on the left hand side and the paper on the right is actually a pocket so I could tuck a gift voucher in there.

Pleased to say, my son loved it, as he always does.  Hope you like it too.  I will have another of my 'man' cards to share soon.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, I know I will.
Take care and God Bless.

A Card for a Friend

Hello my lovely visitors and welcome to my blog and a very warm welcome too to my new followers.  So pleased you decided to tag along on my creative journey.  Thank you.

I hope everyone is having a lovely day.  It's supposed to be Spring here in Adelaide but it's
cold and wet and miserable!!  Can't even take the dogs for a walk .. don't like it!! 

So, now that I've had my little gripe, I'd like to share a card with you.  It's been a while since I posted and I had actually forgotten about this one as it was made for a friend and I couldn't show it until it had been received.  Was reminded about it when she showed it on facebook .. forget my head if it wasn't screwed on .. LOL!!

This is another instance where, I made a tag, and then simply attached it to folded cardstock and turned it into a card.   I also seem to be stuck in a loop with the colours but I love this combination .. light and fresh and very 'Spring' (wishful thinking)!

The papers are from Megs Garden's 'English Rose Garden' Mini Paper Pack.  As you can see, I used three layers and attached a strip of dry wall tape on one side.  I also tucked some strips of lace in between the layers.  The seam binding was coloured with watered down acrylic paint.

The roses are the 'Puffy Paper Flowers', also from Megs Garden (and my fave flower) which have been sprayed with watered down acrylic paint. 

Added a stamen cluster, twine and strips of gauze to my cluster and also scattered some seed beads around.

A closer look at the metal trinket.

The inside with a pocket on the right hand side for a little note.

I dry-brushed the flowers and the trinket with gesso and my card was done!  Hope you like it!!  My friend did .. she said so on facebook .. thanks Linda!!

Well, as they say in the cartoons, 'That's all folks'!!  For now anyway .. he!he!

Thank you all so much for paying me a visit and do enjoy the rest of your day. 


Take care and God Bless.

Layers and Lace

Hello my lovely visitors, so glad you dropped by.  Hope you are having a fabulous day.  It's really windy here in Adelaide at the moment.  I hate windy days, so have decided to stay inside and do some crafty stuff.  (Not that I need an excuse!  LOL!!)

I'm back to share another card with you.  This was a fairly quick make.  I actually started out with something totally different in mind but, somehow, ended up with this.  

The papers are from  the English Rose Garden Mini Pack from Megs Garden.  I simply trimmed the base paper to size and then tore a couple of strips for the layers.

The flower was white with blue edging around the petals.  To match it in with the papers, I just used some watered down acrylic paint to change it to orange.  Wasn't sure at first about the blue edges .. thought I might have to cover them as well .. but decided I quite like how it looks.

Added gauze, twine and some leaf die-cuts to the cluster.

  The chippie is a small piece of the Mini Chicken Wire panel from 2Crafty Chipboard.  All I did was heat emboss it. 

Tucked a bit of pretty lace (from Megs Garden, of course) in between the paper layers ...

... sprinkled some seed beads in different areas, and my card was done!!  I didn't even add any gesso!!  Must be feeling sick.  LOL!!

That's all from me for now.  Thank you so much for visiting and, perhaps, leaving me some lovin'.  I would love to know what you think.
Enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care and God Bless.

Three layer Tag

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog.  So pleased you stopped by.

I haven't been doing a lot of crafting lately.  Apart from the fact that my computer crashed, too many other things are getting in the way.  Still get to manage it once in a while though .. (I would go nuts otherwise he! he!)  so I'm here to share a Tag I made.

I watched a video by Anna Rogalska a few weeks ago and totally loved the Tag she made so I simply had to try the process for myself.  If you don't know Anna, and if you love Mixed Media, her work is simply awesome and you should go over and take a look .. HERE is the link.

So, I basically followed the process on the video and here is the result.

 The papers I've used are from the 'Forgotten Meadows Collection' which were designed by Kerry-Jean Watson and are available in digital format from her Etsy Shop and are also available from Megs Garden in digital and printed format.  I have wanted to try the colour combination of purple and peacock blue  for a while now and these papers are perfect as a background for these colours.
 

One of the reasons I loved Anna's Tag so much is the three layers of papers she uses as the base.  Such a simple thing but it looks so much more effective than just the two layers.  I used a thin piece of cardboard in between the layers to get a bit of dimension.  Made a small label with the 'Dream' word from the 'Butterfly Book Kit' (also available from Megs Garden)  I simply mounted it on a small piece of left-over chipboard and inked the edges with 'Gathered Twigs' Distress Ink.

This lovely fabric bloom is the 'White Heirloom' flower (once again, available from Megs Garden) which, as the name implies, was white originally.  I simply sprayed it with some watered down acrylic paint to get the colour I wanted. 

  The quote is from Kaisercraft and the resin frame is from Prima.

The rose was sprayed with the same paint as the fabric bloom and the smaller flowers were sprayed with watered down 'Broken China' Distress Ink.  You can see some gauze and some stamen clusters tucked in among the blooms.

Also tucked in some pieces of lace and die cut leaves.  The clock is a printable from the net which I mounted on some chipboard.  The stamps I've used in the background are  'Arty' and 'Script',  both from Kaisercraft. 

Once everything was assembled I added some micro beads and swiped it all with a bit of gesso. Mine is quite different from Anna's, she added a bit more 'stuff' but I am really happy with how this turned out.

Thanks for dropping by and for leaving me some love, I really appreciate it.
Hope you all enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care and God Bless.

Another 'Man' Card

Hello everyone and a very warm welcome to my blog.  So pleased you dropped by for a visit and hope your day is going well.

I have another of my masculine cards to share with you today.  This one was made for a very close friend who is celebrating his 70th Birthday.

Most of the papers I've used are from the 'Cafe au Lait' Collection designed by Kerry-Jean Watson with the base paper being from the '1920' Collection.  These papers are available as a digital download from Kerry-Jean's Etsy shop HERE.   She has a selection of different papers  and also some handmade items for sale as well.  The digital papers are so easy to download and what I like about them (apart from the fact that they are gorgeous) is that you print out only the pages you want so there is no wastage.

 The chippie clock is from 2Crafty and it was lightly swiped with a charcoal stamp pad and then with a little gesso and also with Rangers 'Rust' Patina.  The metal cogs were also lightly dabbed with the 'Rust' Patina.

I love these Tim Holtz Ideaology Word Bands, they have some great quotes on them, and they look good too.  Did a little stamping here and added some Clear Rock Candy Crackle and a little swipe of gesso.  Found the cute square paper clip at Ikea, of all places, and couldn't resist them.

Another little metal cog with some 'Rust' added and some plaster tape peeking out from underneath the layers.  This tape is just one of the many mundane, ordinary household and hardware items out there that come in very handy for crafting .. and they're cheap!!  Love it!!

The Tim Holtz ideaology buckle 'Rusted' up and some tickets from the ephemera page of the Sherlock Book Kit which is another collection designed by Kerry-Jean Watson.

The inside, also decorated with 'Cafe au Lait' papers and some added cut aparts and labels from Kaisercraft.  The pocket holds a tag with the sentiment and also a gift voucher.
The 'Birthday' quote was found on the net and simply printed onto some plain paper as was the greeting.

And there it is, another of my 'Man' cards done!

 I hope you've enjoyed this post and that I've given you some inspiration.

A little heads up .. Kerry-Jean Watson is giving away the complete 'Cafe au Lait' digital paper collection.  All you have to do is like her Facebook page, leave a comment on the Give away post and Share it.  So simple!!  HERE is the link, but you'll have to hurry, the give away closes on the 31st July.

Thank you so much everyone for visiting and for any comments you may care to leave, I really appreciate it.  Have a wonderful day!!
Take care and God Bless.

'English Rose Garden' - Cards for Megs Garden

Hi everyone and a very warm welcome to my bloggy space and a very special welcome to my new followers.  Thank you so much for joining me.  Hope you are all having a wonderful day. 

I'm back again to share my projects for the Megs Garden DT.  This time I have created two more cards with the lovely 'English Rose Garden' papers.  I think I mentioned in a previous post how much I love these papers.. they are so pretty and simply perfect for anything 'shabby chic'.

It is winter here in Australia and it has been bitterly cold and wet and I, for one, have certainly had enough of this weather.  I made these cards with some lovely summery colours just to brighten up the day a bit.

Megs Garden Products used

Papers

English Rose Garden Mini Paper Pack

Flowers

Lace

For the base paper I've used 'Leaves &Foliage' and then added some scraps from 'Bouquet of Roses' and 'Roses & Flowers'  plus a small scrap taken from the Butterfly Book Kit to add a little contrast.

I added a little texture with a Prima Damask Stencil and some paste and cut a small metal trinket in half and inserted it in between the paper layers.

The 'Puffy Paper Flower' (one of my favourite flowers to use) was coloured with acrylic paint.  I usually buy my flowers white and then mix my own colours of acrylic paint to get the shades I need.  Place them in a spray bottle, fill it up with water and the paint will spray quite easily.  I used the same method to colour the small paper roses.

The gorgeous lace was attached with a glue gun.  I simply gathered it slightly as I was glueing it down.

Used a couple of strips from the 'Pink Rose Vine' paper to decorate the inside of the card.  The left side was edged with Martha Stewart's Floral Vine Deep Etch Border Punch.

Added some seed beads, some twine made into a bow, some pieces of gauze and even a twist of cotton thread in and around my flower clusters.  Once everything was assembled, I dry brushed some gesso in random places to create some highlights.

So, that was card number one, and this is card number two ..

Megs Garden Products used

 Papers

English Rose Garden Mini Paper Pack

Flowers

Tim Holtz Studio Keyholes

For this card I used two pieces from the 'Roses & Flowers' sheet.  Cut them to size and distressed the edges with a distressing tool. 

My fave flower again .. the pretty 'Puffy Paper Flower' sprayed the same as on my previous card.

This bloom is the 'Ivory Primula'.  It is a lovely creamy white fabric flower which has been altered using watered down 'Peeled Paint' Distress Paint. 

Megs Garden also sells some Tim Holtz products.  This is one of the 'Keyholes'.  I simply glued it down and swiped it with a little gesso. 
 

The seam binding was sprayed with the same colour as the Primula then crumpled up and dried.  Wrapped it around the top paper layer and simply tied it in a bow.

Added some gauze in between the paper layers, some seed beads in a few spots and some strands of twine to the cluster.  Swiped some gesso in random places and my card was done!!   Adding these little touches just adds so much interest to a card .. well, I think so anyway .. LOL!!

If you wish to take a closer look at the products used here simply click on the product pictures and it will take you to the web page.  Also, why not go over and take a look at the wonderful projects created by my Team mates .. I know you will be inspired.  HERE is the link.

I hope I have inspired you as well.  Thank you so much for visiting and do enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care and God Bless.

oxox Marg